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Coppicing some notes

Coppicing

Takes advantage of the habit of a broad leaf tree to regrow from the base when cut down during the dormant season either from suckers (elm, blackthorn, white poplar cherry and grey alder) or from the stem. In spring when sap rises the stump (stool, mock) sends up shoots, which are grown on for usually 1-12 years (hazel ash e.t.c) or 10-30 years in the case of chestnut.